After the unsuccessful campaign of Secretary Roberts, William became active with several community organizations in Southeast's Ward 8, including: the Neighborhood Planning Council (NPC); Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC); Parent Teachers Association (PTA); Action to Rehabilitate Housing (ARCH); and the Alabama Avenue Renaissance Task Force.
Lockridge also worked as the assistant director for the Medico-Chirurgical Society, where he over the coordination of over 500 HIV/AIDS workshops for community organizations, D.C. Public School System, government agencies and churches.
He built partnerships with community members and Toyota Motor Corporation to provide 33,000 books—1,000 books for each school in Southeast and over $1.5 million for the Ballou SHS Automotive Program.
[1] The Bellevue / William O. Lockridge Library, located in Southwest D.C., was named in his honor and opened to the public on Saturday, June 23, 2012.
His widow established the William O. Lockridge Community Foundation (WOLCF)[4] in his memory and to continue his legacy of closing the education gap for the young people of Wards 7 and 8.